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It’s December Already!? Post NaNoWriMo Wrap-up

3 December 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Last month kinda flew by! One minute, I was struggling to hit 30k words, the next I had hit 50k and was marching onward toward 70! That’s right, final word count as of November 30th: 71,207 BUT: the story isn’t done yet! I worked on it a little on Sunday morning and broke 72k, but […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: drafts, editing, nanowrimo, plot, supernatural

Oh Yeah, It’s All Coming Together: Post NaNoWriMo Week 3

24 November 2013 by Jessica

Week three: done! It’s kind of crazy to think that it’s all gonna be over in a week! I’ve been making some awesome progress this week, especially compared to my previous years of Nano participation. I’m usually right on track, give or take a thousand words throughout the month, and I come in at 50k […]

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Post-NaNoWriMo Week 2

15 November 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Week two is over, and though it felt like I was in the dreaded slump, I racked up some pretty impressive numbers! I’m averaging about 2,200 words a day, and if today goes well, I want to hit 37,000. Total as of late last night: 33,021 words Socializing and Noveling Go Hand in Hand I’ve […]

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How One Builds Story Structure: Important, It Is!

3 October 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I use Grammarly’s grammar checker online because Yoda-speak is only for centuries-old Jedi Masters. I’ve been thinking a lot about structure since I started my edit-in-progress. For one thing, the chapter order has been weighing heavily on my mind. Normally, chronology would be my concern when it comes to ordering pieces of a story, but […]

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Philosophy of Editing: Thinking it Through

12 September 2013 by Jessica 2 Comments

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it, but I studied philosophy in college, not English or creative writing. Many writers who know already know they want to be writers while they’re in college tend to go for writing-based majors like literature, creative writing, journalism, or whatever you get with an English major. However, philosophy is […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: characters, drafts, editing, fiction, logic, philosophy, plot

Get Out of Your Head: It’s Nice Out Here

29 August 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I can sum up why beta readers are awesome in less than ten words: they pull you back into the real world. Sometimes when you’re writing, you get way too caught up in your own imagination and your own plans to pay attention to the details. This is actually a good thing – it means […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: beta readers, drafts, editing, grammar, plot, tips, writers block

Editing: Sometimes You Just Need a Kick in the Ass

22 August 2013 by Jessica 2 Comments

Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been trying to “prepare” myself to jump back into editing on one of the stories I wrote last year. As it turns out, all I needed to do was invite people to read it to get my ass in gear on the editing! The project The new editing project […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: beta readers, characters, contemporary, drafts, editing, fiction, plot, sci fi, science fiction, thriller

I’m BAAAAACK!

12 July 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Two weeks gone! Holy hell. I had absolutely no intention of having my site inaccessible for nearly two whole weeks, but my stupid domain/hosting transfer took a lot longer than I expected. But it’s (mostly) done now, so now I just have to get back to posting regularly. Though I haven’t been posting on this […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: characters, crowdfunding, editing, indie authors, nanowrimo, plot, publishing, sci fi

And Now to Finish It

24 June 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I think I just figured out the right way to end my current WIP. It’s not going to be pretty, and it’s so far off the original ending in my outline, it’s ridiculous. But it’s going to be good – surprising, poignant, and and ironic (I hope). Why the ending matters You can have a […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: adventure, characters, fiction, genre, nanowrimo, plot, tips

A Time to Write, and a Time to Edit

13 June 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

After all that editing for Quiet on the Set, I am so glad to be writing again! I’m still working on the story I began just before Camp Nano and work on in April, but I’ve also got a really long list of other projects to begin. If you were to look at my writing […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: drafts, editing, genre, nanowrimo, plot, scheduling

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